25th Annual Advanced Real Estate 2021 (Online Seminar)

Evan Feinman, Office of Governor Ralph S. Northam
Ken Schmidt, Steel in the Air, Inc.

Hear from Governor Northram’s office on programs to expand the access of broadband in Virginia. This is paired with a national expert on cell tower and repeater facilities—what does the landscape look like for property owners and landlords? What challenges exist for “last mile” implementation—or will 5G solve all problems? This presentation will include a survey of the relevant Virginia legislation specific to enhanced broadband access and 5G.            

Gary Clemens, Clerk, Loudoun County Circuit Court
Chip Dicks, Esq., Gentry Locke

Justin Earley, Esq., The Earley Legal Group

Prof. Dale Whitman, Dean Emeritus, University of Missouri, and Visiting Professor of Law, Arizona State University

Professor of Law and moderator of the nationally followed “DIRTlaw” listserv blog (http://listserv.umkc.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=DIRT&A=1), Professor Dale Whitman will survey the emerging case law following the wave of challenges between landlords and tenants and other parties in the wake of stay-at-home orders, moratoria, and other extraordinary circumstances.  Professor Whitman is the DIRTlaw moderator and successor to the late Professor Patrick Randolph, who was a leading speaker at the VSB Real Property Section’s first Advanced Real Estate Seminar, in 1997.

Prof. Barlow Burke, American University Washington College of Law

A review of the basics and the misperceptions—whom can brokers “represent” and what can they do (and what may they not do)—are attorneys required to follow brokers rules? What models for selling real estate are evolving—auctions, online, and automated players—what is a lawyer to do?

Jerry Friedlander, Esq., Friedlander & Friedlander PC

This presentation will discuss the use of series LLCs in Virginia: how and when to use them, as well as the lending, insurance, and marketability issues they present.

The Honorable Justice William C. Mims, Supreme Court of Virginia
Margaret Ogden, Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia

Real Estate lawyers face stress from subject area requirements, challenging clients, ethics and conflicts situations, and eroding public perception of value. This presentation by a Supreme Court of Virginia Justice and the Wellness Coordinator from the Office of the Executive Secretary will discuss the profession’s recognition of these risks and various strategies at combating these risks.